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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Install iOS 17.4.1 now to patch 2 new zero-day vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 18:10:21 -0000 (UTC)
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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-04-29 17:59, Chris wrote:
>> Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
>>> Chris wrote on Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:50:54 -0000 (UTC) :
>>> 
>>>>>> Apple doesn't support Linux working with iOS - Linux is in the real world.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Since I use and program Linux for desktop and embedded projects I can
>>>>> attest to its severe limitations in the "real world".
>>>>> 
>>>>> Esp. the absence of the more useful productivity apps (MS Office, Adobe
>>>>> creative s/w, etc.).
>>>> 
>>>> Agree. That's the main reason I moved from linux to macOS. OpenOffice just
>>>> didn't cut it in a work environment.
>>> 
>>> In the work environment, almost everyone uses Microsoft Office nowadays.
>> 
>> Exactly why I moved to macOS. Best of all worlds. A real unix and standard
>> office productivity apps. I can hack away on a shell script and prepare a
>> ppt presentation at the same time.
> 
> When I decided to quit Windows (ca 2006) I tries Linux as my home 
> computer for near a month.  It was clearly unworkable in "the real 
> world" where using it with other people was concerned.  Installing and 
> configuring s/w in those days was also a bit more painful than today.
> 
> OpenOffice (in those days) was okay, but importing/exporting Word and 
> Excel was a chore and a lot of formatting data (esp. Excel) was mangled 
> in the process.

Nowadays MS office is far beyond anything open/libreoffice can cope with. I
use LO/OO at home for the most basic tasks simply because it's free. 

>> 
>>> Extremely few corporations use macOS as almost all use Microsoft Windows.
>> 
>> Yeah many stick to the lowest common denominator. Cheap and cheerful.
> 
> Also low training cost - most everyone knows Windows ... I hardly use it 
> but when I'm forced to, no matter what the wrappings, the foundation 
> crap never changes.

Yeah, true. 

It's annoying at work that although macOS is a supported platform all
documentation/guidance is Windows only.